India Women vs Sri Lanka Women 5th T20: In the fifth T20 match, India has scored 175 runs while playing first. In this match being played in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Indian batsmen kept losing their wickets from one end, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur was possessed by the spirit of thrashing the bowlers today. He scored 68 runs at a stormy strike rate of 158. In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy also scored 27 runs in a flamboyant manner.

Shefali Verma, who was coming after scoring half-centuries in 3 consecutive matches, did not work this time, who was out after scoring only 5 runs. Smriti Mandhana did not play in this match, G Kamalini opened in her place, but she too was out after scoring only 12 runs. Harleen Deol also got out cheaply, within no time Team India had lost 3 wickets till the score of 41.

Captain Harmanpreet created havoc

On one hand, Indian batsmen were continuously losing their wickets, on the other end, captain Harmanpreet Kaur thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers. Harmanpreet played an inning of 68 runs in 43 balls, in which she hit 9 fours and one six with her bat. At one time half of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion till the score was 77. Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur helped the team out of trouble with a partnership of 61 runs.

In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy played a brilliant inning of 27 runs in 11 balls, in which she hit 4 fours and a six.

32 runs scored in the last 2 overs

Thanks to the stormy innings of Arundhati Reddy, the Indian team added 32 runs in the last 2 overs. In the last over, Reddy single-handedly scored 20 runs including 3 fours and a six. At one time it seemed difficult for Team India to score even 160 runs, but thanks to Reddy’s cameo innings, India was able to reach 175 runs.

India has scored 221 runs in the fourth T20 match. This is India’s biggest score in women’s T20 cricket. The Sri Lankan bowling was completely destroyed, giving away 136 runs in the last 10 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs for Team India, with 80 runs. Whereas Shefali Verma scored a half-century and scored 79 runs in the third consecutive match. Except Malsha Shahani, there has been no Sri Lankan bowler who has given away runs at an economy rate of less than 10.

In this match being played in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma created such havoc that the score had reached 61 in the powerplay itself. Within no time, India had scored 85 runs in 10 overs without losing any wicket.

136 runs were scored in the last 10 overs

Team India’s score in 10 overs was 85/0. From here, the Indian batsmen showed such stormy batting that 136 runs were scored in the last 10 overs. Meanwhile, Shefali Verma completed her fifty in 30 balls, while Mandhana took 34 balls to reach her fifty. There was an opening partnership of 162 runs between Mandhana and Verma. This is the fourth time in women’s T20 cricket that there has been an opening partnership of more than 100 runs between Mandhana and Verma.

India’s biggest score in T20

India scored 221 runs against Sri Lanka in the fourth T20 match. This is Team India’s biggest score in International Women’s T20 cricket. Earlier, India’s highest score was 217 runs, which it made against West Indies in the year 2024. In this match, Smriti Mandhana became the Indian batsman who played the biggest individual innings in T20 against Sri Lanka. Earlier this record was in the name of Shefali Verma, who had scored 79 runs against Sri Lanka in the last match. Coincidentally, Shefali has scored only 79 runs in this match also.

221 runs – vs Sri Lanka

217 runs – vs West Indies

210 runs – vs England

201 runs – vs UAE